“Debjani will you be able to cook for Taj Bengal‘s Hilsa festival and if we found the item worth enough we can have that as part of our menu for the said Festival!” This is how the Ilish Shukto happened and traveled from Debjanir Rannaghar to Taj Bengal’s kitchen! Ilish Shukto; The journey from Debjanir Rannaghar…
Mawa Ghater Ilish Macher Lejar Bhorta | Ilish Macher Bhorta
Thanks to the Sunday cleaning of the refrigerator, I realized I have 8 pieces of “Leja” piece of Ilish Mach (Hilsa fishtail) available with me! Naturally, I started thinking immediately what to do with the box full of Leja I stored! My solution was quite simple though; I utilized the Leja pieces to make Mawa…
Ilish Pulao | Bengali Hilsa Pulao Recipe
I finally entered the kitchen last week after recovering from the slip disk (actually after a month!) and was in a mood to cook something special. As always I was in a dilemma what should I opt for and then decided to pick packet full of Hilsa fish chunks which I ordered the day before. It has…
Doi Ilish, a classical Bengali Curd based Hilsa Curry
Ilish a.k.a Hilsa possesses a special place in Bengali’s palate and that is irrespective of the Bangal Ghati divide! Though the taste is no doubt the reason but another aspect is the easy making process I suppose. This is surprisingly true that for many preparations it is not even required to fry Hilsa. A little…
